CHENEY, Kan. (AP) Investigators are trying to determine the identity of a skull found near Cheney in Sedgwick County. The Sedgwick County sheriff’s office says the skull was discovered Jan. 29 by people considering buying the property. The sheriff’s office announced Thursday that an anthropologist determined the skull belonged to a black woman who was 35 to 50 years old. Police say it isn’t clear yet whether the woman was a crime victim. KFDI reports that human remains also were found in a rural area near Cheney last March. The skull and other body parts were found near a creek.…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Investigators are trying to determine what caused an explosion and fire inside of a downtown Wichita business. KFDI reports that no one was hurt in the blaze. Wichita police responded to a report of alarms sounding late Thursday at Hall Industrial Services. When they arrived they found overhead doors had been blasted open and smoke and fire coming from the building. Battalion Chief Bobby Wolfe says explosions inside the building likely were caused by compressed gas canisters and propane tanks inside the business. Wolfe said the building was heavily damaged. The cause of the fire is under…
SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) Shawnee fire officials say two people died in a fire at an apartment complex in a Kansas City suburb. The fire was reported about 5 a.m. Friday at the Carlyle Apartments in Shawnee, Kan. Shawnee fire officials told KMBC-TV that when firefighters arrived they found minimal fire and only light smoke. As they searched ground floor apartments the smoke became heavier at one apartment. The victims were found inside that apartment and efforts to revive them failed. Aerial pictures of the fire show little damage to the exterior of the building. The fire was under control around…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A courtroom inside the federal courthouse in Topeka this week became part of a pilot project to determine the impact of cameras on court proceedings. Four video cameras recorded arguments in a water case from Douglas County. The cameras focus on the witness stand, the lectern where lawyers ask questions, the judge’s bench and a desk where evidence is displayed. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the courtroom deputy operates the cameras from her desk. The proceedings will be posted online after the hearings. The Court Administration and Case Management Committee is running the three-year pilot project. The judge…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Charles Koch says he and his brother and their employees are getting death threats and hate messages because of their political beliefs. The billionaire head of Koch Industries told The Wichita Eagle Thursday that the messages are coming from various directions. His comments came on the eve of a three-day protest dubbed Occupy Koch Town that is expected to draw hundreds of activists to Wichita. Koch says the hate mail and death threats worry him. But he says what most upsets him is all he has done is exercise his freedom of speech. Yvonne Cather is conservation…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A prosecutor has met with law enforcement officers about an investigation into a pickup containing homemade bombs that was parked near the Kansas Capitol. Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor said more details about the case would be released later Friday. He met for about 90 minutes with representatives of Topeka, state and federal agencies. The pickup’s owner was detained Wednesday in an underground tunnel linking the Statehouse to a state office building. Authorities questioned him, searched his home and seized items but released him from custody. The Capitol Police are seeking criminal charges. He was one…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas prosecutor says he won’t file criminal charges over the state’s destruction of abortion records, an issue that had overshadowed a criminal case against a Planned Parenthood clinic. Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor said Friday that no records related to Planned Parenthood were destroyed by the Kansas attorney general’s office when it shredded abortion-related files. Taylor said the destruction occurred in April 2009. In Johnson County, District Attorney Steve Howe had told a judge that the attorney general’s office had destroyed records that could be evidence in the Planned Parenthood case in April 2009.…
Tax season is in full swing and you may be feeling a bit overwhelmed. If you need some help sorting through the minefield that is your tax return, Riley County Research and Extension will be offering free income tax preparation assistance for qualified individuals. “This is the sixth year Riley County Extension has coordinated the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance site,” Director Jennifer Wilson says. If you make $50,000 or less and will be filing a simple tax return, you are invited to come to the Manhattan Public Library. Appointments are required; you may set up one at 565-6426. You can…
Vision 2025 is preparing to move forward in it’s plan to help preserve agricultural land in Riley County. Public meeting comments were presented Thursday to the Riley County Planning Board and with their approval moved the plan to the Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board Thursday night, where it was accepted with only a minor tweak to the height of solar collectors. The plan, itself, originally was presented about three years ago. “It’s tedious,” Monty Wedel, Planning and Development Director says. “That’s why it’s taken a long time. Because we did it primarily in-house. We had a consultant that looked at various…
KMAN’s Chris Swick takes a look at how “to do” lists may not be as helpful as you think for KMAN’s Morning News.